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Issues Idea of the Day2008 April

April

April 30, 2008

Idea of the Day: Create New Opportunity Housing Vouchers

Create 2 million new “opportunity” housing vouchers, and promote equitable development in and around central cities.
April 29, 2008

Idea of the Day: Modernize Means-Tested Benefits Programs

Modernize means-tested benefits programs to develop a coordinated system that helps workers and families.
April 28, 2008

Idea of the Day: Reduce the High Cost of Being Poor

Despite having less income, lower-income families often pay more than middle and high-income families for the same consumer products.
April 8, 2008

Improve Treatment of Chronic Diseases

More than half of Americans suffer from one or more chronic diseases, and the most common chronic diseases cost the economy more than $1 trillion annually, a cost which could rise to $6 trillion by the middle of this century. Our current health care system is designed to provide acute care, and it does not do a good job of disease prevention or treating chronically ill patients.
April 3, 2008

Establish a Home Guard